United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2014

United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2014
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; Both New Hampshire seats to the United States House of Representatives;

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the two U.S. Representatives from the state of New Hampshire, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including Governor of New Hampshire and U.S. Senator.

This election marked the first time since 1992 that New Hampshire elected members of two parties into the House of Representatives.

District 1[edit]

The 1st district covers the southeastern part of the state and consists of three general areas: Greater Manchester, the Seacoast and the Lakes Region. The incumbent was Democrat Carol Shea-Porter, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously from 2007 to 2011. She was elected with 50% of the vote in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Frank Guinta, and the district has a PVI of R+1.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Carol Shea-Porter, incumbent U.S. Representative^[1]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Shea-Porter	16,956	98.11
	Republican	Frank Guinta (write-in)	108	0.62
	Republican	Daniel Innis (write-in)	92	0.53
	Republican	Brendan Kelly (write-in)	10	0.06
	Republican	Everett Jabour (write-in)	4	0.02
		Scatter	113	0.65
Total votes			17,283	100

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Frank Guinta, former U.S. Representative^[3]

Daniel Innis, Dean of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire^[4]

Everett Jabour, trucking executive^[5]

Brendan Kelly, former Seabrook Selectman, former chairman of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, and Libertarian nominee for this seat in 2012^[6]

Declined[edit]

Jeb Bradley, Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate and former U.S. Representative^[7]

John Cebrowski, State Representative^[8]^[9]

Christopher Sununu, Executive Councillor (running for re-election)^[10]

Pam Tucker, State Representative^[11]^[12]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Chidester	Frank Guinta	Dan Innis	Other	Undecided
New England College	October 7–9, 2013	409	± 4.8%	7%	54%	6%	—	33%

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Guinta	29,246	48.98
	Republican	Dan Innis	24,342	40.77
	Republican	Brendan Kelly	4,999	8.37
	Republican	Everett Jabour	996	1.67
	Democratic	Carol Shea-Porter (write-in)	40	0.07
		Scatter	83	0.14
Total votes			59,706	100

General election[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Carol Shea-Porter (D)	Frank Guinta (R)	Other	Undecided
WMUR/UNH	October 29–November 2, 2014	405	± 4.9%	47%	47%	1%	6%
New England College	October 31–November 1, 2014	778	± 3.51%	42.9%	52.2%	2.3%	2.6%
WMUR/UNH	October 22–26, 2014	261	± 6.1%	44%	40%	1%	15%
New England College	October 24, 2014	556	± 4.16%	42.9%	49%	4.1%	4%
New England College	October 16, 2014	461	± 4.56%	45.7%	47.4%	3.5%	3.4%
UMass Amherst	October 10–15, 2014	160 LV	± ?	54%	37%	3%	6%
UMass Amherst	October 10–15, 2014	197 RV	± ?	50%	38%	3%	9%
New England College	October 9, 2014	536	± 4.23%	43.5%	46.3%	5.7%	4.6%
WMUR/UNH	September 29–October 5, 2014	258	± 6.1%	42%	39%	3%	16%
New England College	October 3, 2014	626	± 3.92%	46.7%	44.2%	5.1%	4%
New England College	September 26, 2014	629	± 3.91%	40.5%	50.8%	4.3%	4.4%
New England College	September 19–20, 2014	715	± 3.66%	45.2%	45.2%	6%	3.6%
New England College	September 10–11, 2014	607	± 3.98%	46%	41.6%	6.5%	5.9%
Normington Petts	September 3–7, 2014	800	± 3.5%	45%	43%	—	12%
WMUR/UNH	August 7–17, 2014	297	± 5.7%	41%	45%	—	14%
WMUR/UNH	June 19–July 1, 2014	263	± 6%	43%	46%	2%	10%
WMUR/UNH	April 1–9, 2014	259	± 6.1%	44%	35%	0%	21%
WMUR/UNH	January 21–26, 2014	304	± 5.6%	39%	45%	2%	15%
WMUR/UNH	October 7–16, 2013	330	± 5.4%	48%	32%	1%	18%
New England College	October 7–9, 2013	882	± 3.29%	43%	42%	—	15%

Results[edit]

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional district election, 2014^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Guinta	125,508	51.71
	Democratic	Carol Shea-Porter (Incumbent)	116,769	48.11
		Scatter	459	0.18
Total votes			242,736	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 2[edit]

The 2nd district covers the western and northern parts of the state and includes the cities of Nashua and Concord. The incumbent is Democrat Ann McLane Kuster, who has represented the district since 2013. She was elected with 50% of the vote in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Charles Bass, and the district has a PVI of D+3.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Ann McLane Kuster, incumbent U.S. Representative^[15]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann McLane Kuster	21,269	98.61
	Republican	Marilinda Garcia (write-in)	79	0.37
	Republican	Gary Lambert (write-in)	39	0.18
	Republican	Jim Lawrence (write-in)	32	0.15
	Republican	Mike Little (write-in)	6	0.03
		Scatter	144	0.67
Total votes			21,569	100

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Marilinda Garcia, State Representative^[17]

Gary Lambert, former State Senator^[18]

Jim Lawrence, former State Representative^[19]

Mike Little, former Concord City Councilor^[5]

Declined[edit]

Andrew Hemingway, businessman, Tea Party activist and candidate for Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee in 2013 (running for Governor)^[20]^[21]

William L. O'Brien, former Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives^[22]^[23]

Christopher Sununu, Executive Councillor (running for re-election)^[10]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Marilinda Garcia	Gary Lambert	Jim Lawrence	Mike Little	Undecided
Magellan Strategies	July 29–30, 2014	800	± 3.44%	36%	13%	2%	4%	45%

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marilinda Garcia	27,285	49.19
	Republican	Gary Lambert	15,196	27.40
	Republican	Jim Lawrence	10,327	18.62
	Republican	Mike Little	2,489	4.49
	Democratic	Ann McLane Kuster (write-in)	64	0.12
		Scatter	103	0.19
Total votes			55,464	100

General election[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ann McLane Kuster (D)	Marilinda Garcia (R)	Other	Undecided
WMUR/UNH	October 29–November 2, 2014	352	± 5.2%	49%	38%	1%	12%
New England College	October 31–November 1, 2014	748	± 3.58%	52.8%	41.7%	3.2%	2.3%
WMUR/UNH	October 22–26, 2014	295	± 5.7%	53%	30%	1%	16%
New England College	October 24, 2014	576	± 4.08%	49.2%	42%	3.6%	5.2%
New England College	October 16, 2014	460	± 4.57%	48.7%	43.2%	3.6%	4.5%
UMass Amherst	October 10–15, 2014	162 LV	± ?	43%	48%	4%	5%
UMass Amherst	October 10–15, 2014	198 RV	± ?	45%	43%	4%	8%
New England College	October 9, 2014	545	± 4.2%	46.1%	42.5%	6.6%	4.9%
WMUR/UNH	September 29–October 5, 2014	275	± 5.9%	37%	41%	3%	19%
New England College	October 3, 2014	660	± 3.81%	50.1%	38.1%	6.3%	5.5%
New England College	September 26, 2014	702	± 3.7%	50.1%	39%	4.7%	6.2%
New England College	September 19–20, 2014	779	± 3.51%	48.9%	38.1%	6.7%	6.3%
New England College	September 10–11, 2014	627	± 3.98%	49.6%	36.7%	6.1%	7.6%
Normington Petts	September 3–7, 2014	800	± 3.5%	44%	38%	—	18%
WMUR/UNH	August 7–17, 2014	312	± 5.5%	39%	36%	1%	25%
WMUR/UNH	June 19–July 1, 2014	246	± 6.2%	49%	35%	1%	15%
WMUR/UNH	April 1–9, 2014	248	± 6.2%	34%	33%	1%	32%
WMUR/UNH	January 21–26, 2014	280	± 5.9%	36%	30%	4%	30%

Results[edit]

New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional district election, 2014^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann McLane Kuster (Incumbent)	130,679	54.87
	Republican	Marilinda Garcia	106,857	44.87
	None	Scatter	613	0.26
Total votes			238,149	100
	Democratic hold

References[edit]

^ "Shea-Porter Files for Reelection in New Hampshire's First District". sheaporter.com. June 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ "2014 United States Senate - Democratic Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

^ Cahn, Emily (September 24, 2013). "Ex-Congressman Launches Rematch Bid With Bipartisan Tone". Roll Call. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

^ Leubsdorf, Ben (October 9, 2013). "Republican Dan Innis announces run for Congress in N.H.'s 1st District". Concord Monitor. Retrieved October 9, 2013.

^ ^a^b Tuohy, Dan (June 13, 2014). "Candidates Set: Meet the GOP Avengers". Salem Patch. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ Holroyd, Corinne (April 22, 2014). "Former Seabrook Selectman Kelly swaps parties in congressional bid". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ Leubsdorf, Ben (September 3, 2013). "N.H. Senate leader Jeb Bradley won't run for U.S. Senate in 2014". Concord Monitor. Retrieved October 16, 2013.

^ Pindell, James (December 3, 2013). "Bedford GOP state Rep considering Congressional run". WMUR-TV. Retrieved December 5, 2013.

^ Pindell, James (February 27, 2014). "Cebrowski still 'chewing' over a run for higher office". WMUR-TV. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

^ ^a^b DiStaso, John (July 18, 2013). "John DiStaso's Granite Status: Chris Sununu won't run for Gov, US House or US Senate in '14; plans to seek reelection to Executive Council". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved July 19, 2013.

^ Cresta, Joey (September 5, 2013). "Tucker waiting on Guinta for Congress bid". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

^ "Guinta Begins March of Endorsements". Guinta for Congress. March 3, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "2014 Representative In Congress - Republican Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

^ ^a^b "Representative in Congress - 2014 General Election". NH Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

^ "Congresswoman Annie Kuster Files Papers, Declares Candidacy for Reelection". kusterforcongress.com. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

^ "2014 United States Senate - Democratic Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

^ Trygstad, Kyle (November 25, 2013). "GOP Rising Star Launches House Bid in New Hampshire". Roll Call. Retrieved November 25, 2013.

^ "Former NH state GOP sen. Gary Lambert to announce House bid against Democrat Annie Kuster". Associated Press. Daily Journal. September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.

^ "First-ever NH African-American to run for Congress emerges". WMUR. June 9, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

^ "Hemingway being talked about for governor's race". WMUR.com. December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

^ Ronayne, Kathleen (January 30, 2014). "Entrepreneur, political activist Andrew Hemingway to challenge Hassan for governor". Concord Monitor. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

^ Kevin Brennan (February 8, 2013). "Former N.H. House Speaker Mulling Kuster Challenge". National Journal. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

^ Ben Leubsdorf (August 24, 2013). "Ex-N.H. House speaker Bill O'Brien takes new job, ends nascent campaign for U.S. Congress". Concord Monitor. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

^ "2014 United States Senate - Republican Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

External links[edit]

U.S. House elections in New Hampshire, 2014 at Ballotpedia

Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org

[1] "Shea-Porter Files for Reelection in New Hampshire's First District". sheaporter.com. June 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[DemPrim1-2] "2014 United States Senate - Democratic Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

[3] Cahn, Emily (September 24, 2013). "Ex-Congressman Launches Rematch Bid With Bipartisan Tone". Roll Call. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

[4] Leubsdorf, Ben (October 9, 2013). "Republican Dan Innis announces run for Congress in N.H.'s 1st District". Concord Monitor. Retrieved October 9, 2013.

[gopavengers-5] Tuohy, Dan (June 13, 2014). "Candidates Set: Meet the GOP Avengers". Salem Patch. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

[6] Holroyd, Corinne (April 22, 2014). "Former Seabrook Selectman Kelly swaps parties in congressional bid". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

[7] Leubsdorf, Ben (September 3, 2013). "N.H. Senate leader Jeb Bradley won't run for U.S. Senate in 2014". Concord Monitor. Retrieved October 16, 2013.

[8] Pindell, James (December 3, 2013). "Bedford GOP state Rep considering Congressional run". WMUR-TV. Retrieved December 5, 2013.

[9] Pindell, James (February 27, 2014). "Cebrowski still 'chewing' over a run for higher office". WMUR-TV. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

[DiStaso-10] DiStaso, John (July 18, 2013). "John DiStaso's Granite Status: Chris Sununu won't run for Gov, US House or US Senate in '14; plans to seek reelection to Executive Council". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved July 19, 2013.

[11] Cresta, Joey (September 5, 2013). "Tucker waiting on Guinta for Congress bid". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

[12] "Guinta Begins March of Endorsements". Guinta for Congress. March 3, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

[RepPrim1-13] "2014 Representative In Congress - Republican Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

[election_results-14] "Representative in Congress - 2014 General Election". NH Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

[15] "Congresswoman Annie Kuster Files Papers, Declares Candidacy for Reelection". kusterforcongress.com. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

[DemPrim2-16] "2014 United States Senate - Democratic Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

[17] Trygstad, Kyle (November 25, 2013). "GOP Rising Star Launches House Bid in New Hampshire". Roll Call. Retrieved November 25, 2013.

[18] "Former NH state GOP sen. Gary Lambert to announce House bid against Democrat Annie Kuster". Associated Press. Daily Journal. September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.

[19] "First-ever NH African-American to run for Congress emerges". WMUR. June 9, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

[20] "Hemingway being talked about for governor's race". WMUR.com. December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

[21] Ronayne, Kathleen (January 30, 2014). "Entrepreneur, political activist Andrew Hemingway to challenge Hassan for governor". Concord Monitor. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

[22] Kevin Brennan (February 8, 2013). "Former N.H. House Speaker Mulling Kuster Challenge". National Journal. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

[23] Ben Leubsdorf (August 24, 2013). "Ex-N.H. House speaker Bill O'Brien takes new job, ends nascent campaign for U.S. Congress". Concord Monitor. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

[RepPrim2-24] "2014 United States Senate - Republican Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

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